Family Affair: Commerce Secretaryβs Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy NYT: Technology By:Eric Lipton Β· Michael Rothfeld Β· David Yaffe-Bellany and Ana Swanson 20 November 2025 at 05:00 Howard Lutnick is helping push data center projects. His family companies are profiting from them. Β© Paul Ratje for The New York TimesA mammoth data center is rising in Amarillo, Texas. Firms controlled by the Lutnick family have helped finance it, banking millions in fees in the process.